Complete Land Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

Roger Sexton and Barbara Bogusz

Uses the text, cases, and materials format to provide comprehensive and convenient access to a wide range of sources to help support and develop student understanding of key areas

Provides broad and thorough coverage of the key property law topics, making it suitable for a wide range of courses

Includes carefully constructed learning features to maximise student understanding without oversimplifying; perfect for students with no prior knowledge of land law and looking for a reliable guide to the subject

Features critical thinking points and review questions to guide student extract reading, helping to develop confidence in working with primary sources and providing a spring-board for independent analysis and research

Includes chapter summaries, examples, definitions, and diagrams to help consolidate student learning and clearly explain areas of difficulty.

Accompanied by a free Online Resource Centre which includes a range of additional features to support student learning, including updates from the authors, useful weblinks, an interactive glossary, and answer outlines. For lecturers the website also includes electronic versions of the figures in the text and a ready-made testbank of multiple choice questions with feedback for use in class-testing.

Complete Land Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

Third Edition

Roger Sexton and Barbara Bogusz

Description

Combining clear author commentary with essential extracts from legislation and cases, Complete Land Law offers a comprehensive yet student-focused guide to the subject. A wide range of extracts are included, providing convenient and reliable access to all the materials you will need throughout your course.

Author explanations and commentary are supported by a range of learning features designed to reinforce and develop your understanding of key concepts and case-law. Chapter summaries and review questions help test your knowledge as you move through the topics, while thinking points and essay questions develop your critical awareness of key land law debates and provide essential preparation for exams.

Both experienced lecturers, the authors
address areas of difficulty with clarity. Examples and diagrams are included throughout the text to illustrate difficult concepts and provide an overview of complex processes. These scenarios demonstrate how abstract land law concepts apply in practice, helping to complete your understanding and develop your own problem-solving skills ready for exams.

Complete Land Law is also accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes:* updates from the authors to keep you up-to-date with new cases and developments in land law* outline answers to the questions in the book, allowing you to check your understanding ahead of exams and assessment* an interactive glossary to demystify land law jargon and support revision* further reading and weblinks to support
independent research and essay preparation

For lecturers the Online Resource Centre also includes electronic versions of the figures from the book for use in handouts and lectures and a testbank of multiple choice questions ready for use in class-testing and assessments.

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Complete Land Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

Third Edition

Roger Sexton and Barbara Bogusz

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction: Estates and Interests in Land 1. Introduction to the Types of Property Rights in Land2. Tenures and Estates3. Creation of Legal and Equitable Rights in LandPart 2 Unregistered Land 4. Protection of Legal and Equitable Property Rights before 19255. The Impact of the 1925 Legislation6. Status of Equitable Interests after 1925Part 3 Registered Land 7. Registration of Title - The Basic Principles8. Minor Interests and Overriding InterestsPart 4 Acquisition of Interests in Land (I) 9. Trusts of Land10. Co-ownership of Land - The Basic Principles11. Co-ownership - The Resolution of DisputesPart 5 Acquisition of Interests in Land (II) 12. Licences and Proprietary
EstoppelPart 6 Leases 13. Leases - The Basic Requirements14. Obligations in Leases15. The Running of Covenants in a Lease16. Termination of LeasesPart 7 Informal Acquisition of Legal Estates 17. Adverse Possession and the Limitation ActsPart 8 Protection for the Purchaser of Registered Land 18. Rectification of the Register of TitlePart 9 Easements 19. The Essential Characteristics of Easements20. Creation of Express and Implied Grant of Easements21. Prescription for Easements (and Profits)Part 10 Freehold Covenants: Restrictive and Positive Covenants 22. Freehold Covenants23. Escaping from Restrictive CovenantsPart 11 Mortgages 24. The Creation of Mortgages25. The Remedies of
Mortgagees26. The Operation of Mortgages27. Priority of Mortgages

Complete Land Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

Third Edition

Roger Sexton and Barbara Bogusz

Author Information

Barbara Bogusz is Lecturer in Law at the University of Leicester where she is involved in teaching Land Law and Intellectual Property Law on the LLB. Barbara is also the author, with Matthew Homewood and Elspeth Berry, of Complete EU Law (Oxford University Press, 2013).

Roger Sexton is a former Senior Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Trent University where he specialised for many years in teaching Land Law.